Anwar Shaikh [1928-2006]

Another great mind of
20th century, whose grim discoveries about Islam shook the
world, passed away on November 25, 2006. Anwar Shaikh was born
on June 1, 1928 in Gujrat, the then greater India. His family
was extremely religious, which influenced him to follow Islam
with passion. In 1947, India was in a process of independence
from Britain, and Muslims and Hindus were in a civil war. At
this time, Anwar Shaikh, a young Muslim zealot killed two Sikhs
and one Hindu without any remorse. His religious conviction was
akin to that of a typical Muslim Jihadist, of the sort we see
today.

However, at the age of 25, Anwar saw the light of humanity and
left Islam.

Anwar was a schoolmaster in Pakistan but
he migrated to Britain in 1956 and became a successful
businessman. He married a Welsh lady and integrated himself into
British society. Perhaps his guilt of killing three people
haunted him rest of his life. He embraced Hinduism.

In 1973, Anwar went public with his
mission to eradicate Islam. Since then he became vocal against
Islam, wrote several books and went for a mission of educating
the world about the danger of Islam. Though a serious critic of
Islam but having most of his family members Muslims, he had full
sympathy for them because, as he rightly noted, "The problem is
not Muslims, the problem is Islam". During the 1990s, Anwar
Shaikh became the recipient of a fatwa for the content of his
books.